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She replied: 'I think the male gaze is a little bit of the problem, but we can change that.

'My man finds me very sexy, and I'm sure other men find their ladies sexy, so we can show men there's so much more diversity out there.'

'I'm a big fan of the Victoria's Secret show, am I a bigger part of the problem than I think?' Addressing the program's host Tommy Little (left) directly, Robyn (right) claimed that men are 'part of the problem' and must accept some responsibility for the lack of diversity

'I think some times you really need to push it, and include crazy things like a petition. Time's up, I'm over it and I want to see diversity on that catwalk.

'It's not what the world is and it is dictating a certain body type that this is sexy and it's just not true at all.'

Defiant: Discussing her campaign, Robyn said, 'I'm sick of seeing Victoria's Secret have the same body type every year, we need diversity. I think some times you really need to push it, and include crazy things like a petition... I'm over it and I want to see diversity on that catwalk'

Slim pickings? Robyn has launched a petition to boycott the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show after it failed to cast a plus-size model this year, or any year in its history. Pictured: Danish model Josephine Skriver on the Victoria's Secret runway on December 2, 2014 in London

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, Robyn said: 'I've felt like s**t every year looking at that [Victoria's Secret] show. I shouldn't have to feel that way.'

She added: 'Where's the inclusivity? Where's the diversity? The perfection is ­intense. I want actual cellulite on a catwalk, I want girls to be relatable.'

Robyn added that she was inspired to speak out because her daughter Ripley, three, has inherited her body shape.

'The fact that it affected me so much growing up and we are all compared to what is deemed 'perfection,' I don't want her to have to experience that,' she said.

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show kicks off on November 8 in New York City.

Mum's the word: Robyn explained that she was inspired to speak out because her daughter Ripley, three, has inherited her body shape. Pictured: Robyn and Ripley